Enterprise Wide Information Systems

SAP R/3 Overview &

Basis Technology

Instructor: Richard W. Vawter

University of
Southern California
Topics
 The R/3 Basis System
 Client/Server Architecture
 Application Architecture
 System Communication

 Technical Architecture
 Client/Server Overview
 Resource Management
 Technical Configurations
 Object Migration
 The “Database” Client

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SAP R/3 Basis System

Logistical Sales &

Distribution
Financial
Accounting
Financial
Materials
Mgmt. Controlling

Production Fixed Assets

Planning Mgmt.

R/3
Client / Server
Quality
Mgmt.
ABAP/4 Project
System

Plant
Maintenance Workflow

Human Industry
Resources Solutions

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Basis System: Three-Tier Computer Hierarchy
Central Database
(Storage of all data)

Access to Dataase:
(Read / Write data)

Database

Input / Output
of data to users

Processing of data
Application using application logic

Presentation of the
processed data to
Presentation the user
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Typical Basis Systems: Client Server Architecture
Presentation Application Database

Central System

Two - tier
Distributed System

Two - tier
Client/Server

Three - tier
Client/Server

Multi-layer
Cooperative
Client/Server
(w/ release 4.0B)
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Basis System: Application Architecture
Hardware UNIX systems AT&T Data General SNI
IBM
Bull HP SNI Bull/Zenith HP Sequent
Compaq IBM Digital AS/400
Digital IBM SUN

Operating AIX SINIX

Systems HP-UX SOLARIS Windows NT OS/400
Digital UNIX

ADABAS D,
Databases ADABAS D, Oracle 7.1,
DB2, INFORMIX, DB2/400
ORACLE 7.1
MS SQL Server 6.0

Dialog Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OSF/Motif, Windows ‘95
SAPGUI Presentation Manager, Macintosh OS/2
Sold to party: C100
Item Material Qty
10 6301 10
20 6412 10
30 1507 25
Order

Languages
ABAP/4, C, C++

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R/3 Communication / Interfaces
Remote
Function Call

Application Electronic Data

Link Enabling Interchange

Program Interface
Object Linking Communication
and Embedding

Web University of
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Topics
 The R/3 Basis System
 Client/Server Architecture
 Application Architecture
 System Communication

 Technical Architecture
 Client/Server Overview
 Resource Management
 Technical Configurations
 Object Migration
 The Client

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Client/Server Overview
Server

LAN

TCP / IP

Client

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Client/Server Overview (Logical Structure)
Server
Data Storage

Application
Logic

Client

Presentation

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: The Dispatcher

Presentation

SAP GUI

Communications
Application
Dispatcher

Work Work Work Buffers

Process Process Process

Data base

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: Data Flow

Presentation SAP GUI

Terminal
Process
1
7
Application 2 Request queues
Dispatcher
3
6 SAP Memory Buffer
Roll
Work
Process Page

4
5
Data base Relational data base system

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: Work Processes
A
B
Message
Dialog Update Sold to party: C100 Sold to party: C100
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Background Jobs Enqueue

SAP Dispatcher
C
1999

5 6 7
1
8
2
9
3
10
4
11
Gateway
12
19
26
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20
27
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21
28
15
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29
16
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30
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R/3
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SAP R/3 Resource Management:
Lock Management by the Enqueue Work Process
Instance A

Dispatcher Message
Server
Work Work
Process Process
Instance B
Update Enqueue

Dispatcher

Lock table in
Work Work
Process Process

main storage Update Enqueue

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: R/3 Instance
Database Instance Profiles
Instance Message SAP (parameters)
Server Gateway

Dispatcher

Back-
Dialog .... Update Spool Enqueue
ground

SAP Buffers

Start
or
Stop

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SAP R/3 Resource Management:
Distributed SAP R/3 Processing
Instance 03 Instance 02

Dispatcher Dispatcher

Back-
Dialog Enqueue Enqueue Dialog ...
ground

Instance 01

Dispatcher
Mess- Gate-
age way
Dialog Update Enqueue Spool

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Technical Configuration

Development Testing Production

Database
Servers

Application
Servers

Presentation
Servers

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Technical Configuration: Example

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Object Migration

Corrections and Transport

Development QA Testing Production

Program A Program A Program A

Table A Table A Table A

Screen A Screen A Screen A

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Object Migration
Corrections
Development and QA Testing
Transport

Program A Program A
Version 1 Version 1
?
Program A Program A
Version 2 Version 2
?
Program A Program A
Version 3 Version 3

Originals

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The Client

America Client 010

Europe Client 020

Japan Client 030

R/3
Europe

R/3 R/3
America Japan

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Client Copies

Configuration

Development

Quality Assurance
Interface Testing

User Training

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